The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

PURNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the PLOORCLOTIT, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in gfingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class ads at second-class p rises. Terms peculiarly liberal to :g.Yrnen and Gentlem en. An immense stock to select k „/n, displayed in Shown Gems occupying an acre of ground. Lep , article warranted. Ii . g..GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR f,`")ll are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and z• alled are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un il HOUSE FURNISRING GUIDE, illustrated by4l o '''''able engravings of eve ry description of Furniture and , _ eas teads, with prices atte ,ched. A copy sent gratis and ', u,t- free on application. ' (' his costly work also contains "A Plete estimates for turn ishiag on the following revised sale A Six-roomed Par' nonage An Eight-roomed, ditto A Ten-roomed d'Ato ........ A Twelve-room ed ditto ,t(l,`Zether with a erice List of purified Bedding. and a mass tj a illable informati , into all requiring - househ j ld furniture, tarDets, or bed ding. References kindly - perm 4 .cted to Clers:y- P elies andte gr.ent/ ry, e Bt -mn in or near Ely, Preston, Great Malv-.n, de, Sou Plymo ptham uth, , ton ' 1, 7 ! 1. ; " 11 A. Oxford, finghton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- Virelliiigton.. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, *•ban's. IV3rcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, lir t et4 ata, and above 500 other places i n all parts of Great iit,P II nETT and CO., General House; Furnishers, Deptford e, r 131,%AMR LICENCES.— rr ,•he COMMISSTONFRS ~, of INLAND REVEnUE hereby give notice, that IKP,i , lnentary Lists conta.tning the names of ail persons ti;` ) have taken out Licences to Kill 4nd Deal in Game in k i current year to 31st, J anuar y last inclusive have been ip a e t , d for each Excise Collection, an that a copy thereof ofeerooe Loatheined grati b y any person on application at this bh,2.Or itrbutor or Sub- -distributor of Stamps in the country. kbie e Commissioners having reason to suppose that consider- Ders 'q u anti , je B ',.)f game are supplied to licensed dealers by hi e reB who d',.) not hold a certificate for killing game on hb ee £3 dot', has been paid, hereby give notice , that p enal- N o aro inclixred both by buyer and seller in such case4,.and 1 )e , the la w will be enforced on proof of such transactions 'g obtained. The Commis,ion.rs further give notice , th at 14, 11 4 -ructions have been issued to their officers to take the Aq 'ssarY steps to prefer informations for penalties against ll—Persons found in pursuit of, or dealing in, game without 'WC lice. WM. CORBETT, Secretary. Inland Revenue. Somerset House, London, ..._ Feb. 26, 1861. NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES- NOTICE OF REMOVAL. Th e h e irectors hereby give notice, 'that in consequence of taiirarnediate extension of the Lon rion, C'hatham, and Dover .rid W o .!'Y. they have vacAted their offices, No. 6, Crescent. New ,e-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, . 4 9, Fleet street, E.C. February 4, 1861. 1 -IEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.- 4UND o STRAND MUSK; lIALL COMPANY (Limited) aki r 01,.£50 each, are. now ready for issue, constituting a Il ~8 t Charge upon the Property ot the Company, repayable A Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per p iyable hall-yearly. oi ,A-Pply at the O'illees of the Company 345, Strand, W.C. h,, ,to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stocr..: aud Share'Broker, 11, Token "me-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. te r Directors are prepared to receive APPLICATIONS t r the issue of L 150,000 of the ORDINAR S OK of the t2rAanY, at the price of £IrJO ss. for every .£lOO Stock, and of , v O O New Preference 4i per Cent. Stock, part of a larger 4.ount of that Stock trAissed, at the price ot M 62 10s. for e' £lOO Stock, to be inscribed into the names of the ap pts free of an expenses. h„„tie amount to be paid on application, and the dividend on descriptions of Stock to accrue from the Ist January, 4Plications to be addressed to ALFRED MORGAN, Treasurer. W aterloo-brie;ge Station. Feb. 25,1884. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY For COMPANY. ~R - AND-A-HALF PER CENT. PREFERENCE ThSTK. e siv _e Great Eastern Railwa y( ( om pany are prepared to re the APPLICATIONS for SUMS of £lOO, or upwards, of 1g above created under the powers of their Act ,of i ta u earing a.. fixed Preferential Interest of (ij percent. per Interest , A a „, ecimmences from the date of payment. the - T i eat'.ons to be made either personally or by letter to , ter signed. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. P rIE IMPERIAL FINANCIAL COMPANY Int o (Limited). the un d er " The Onnpanies Act, 1862," by which e liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount c:f their sharers. £2.0rJ0,000, in 40,000 shares of £ 5O each. First 811 e 20,000 shares. Deposit, £1 per share on applica '", and XI on allotment. Subsequen t calls not to e /eeed £2 tOe., and at intervals of not less than three tticlit he- No call will be made until after the expiration It ° - f t hree months from the date of allotment. l a not intended to call up more than £l5 per share ; but h t ho operations of the Company increase, and more Care capital can be advantageously employed, further 7_ B 4F:s of s h ares w ill be made, a preference being g i v en to the then existing shareholders. a o , DIRECTORS. " 11 Chapman, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of ...o n d rin. ° he Oliver Hanson, Esq., Director of the National Pro ° ' vi ncial Bank o f England. J. Gilbert Johnston, Director of the London and south Western Railway Company. barles Nelson, Esq.. Deputy-Chairman of the Thames h and M ersey M ar i ne I ns urance Company. e ~° r , ! .;e Gordo n M a cpherson, Esq., Chairman of the A g ra i ; 13 :0 Unit e d S erv i ce Bank. John Hen r y ey p 11, Bart., Deputy- Governor of the N ll PYal Exchange Assurance Corporation. ipana Scholefild, Esq., M.P., Director of the Union anic of London. ....Sibbald David Scott, Bart., Director of the National urroVincial Bank of England. "(ettry Denby Seymour, Esq., M.P., 33, Upper Grosvenor- Street. GENERAL MANAGER. T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. BANKERS; 3, 6 - Union Bank of. London, princes-street, Mansion 11 Agra and 'United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon- Itre.et. SOLITORS. Messrs, Ashurst, Morris, and Knight, 6, Old Jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. BROKERS. Coleman, and Co., 1, Royal Exchange buildings. SECRETARY (pro text.) —Arthur Blunt, Esq. Temporary Officers-21, Finch-lane. P.KOSPECT The attention of capitalists and the public has of late been "luch directed to th e i ntroduction o f Financial Compan ies t 14 0 . his country, and the resu lt o f the operation of these associations being now known has afforded a striking evi dence, both of their comr er cial utility and the advantages l 'ee3 , offer fo r a judicious A and profitable employment of theohe formation of this Company has for some time engaged satisfi e d consideration of the Directcrs, and they are ned that an ample field remains in England, abroa , tniteespecially in India, for conducting successfully an Value of this character; and, having secured very t4 etita (3 °s o Pration, and made other preliminary arrange "Pablic' t hey have no hesitation in introducing it to the Th e h,4 , , 5. 1 8 t4 Vicipal objects of the Company will include -" 4 oth ' ''e negotiation of loans, concessions for railways eser public works, whether in England, India, the 1 8 :r af t l ibroad. ic lie tzt e rn n cl e ; it T ie ue adv ances of money on the deposit of approved well as the purchase and negotiation of the 3cl, cramission. ‘3 o4bi.,: e aeilities will also be afforded to contractors of un l'aily'vd Position, who have undertaken the construction of T L aYa and other importaut works. Vilatic e D irectors are fully impressed wi th the necessit y of ig a nd caution in the selection of their . ntual relations have a l re ady been established business with lead. 4,l l ? a nking-houses and capitalists with a view to the im- Fate commencement of operations. obt '"Pectuses ani forms of application s for shares ma y be pi lt. uned at the at offices of the Comany er at the office y s of the brokers, Me p ssrs. Knight, a olem au, and Co. 1, Royal Exchange - buildings , whe r e all Plic ations for Mlle s are to be made. t,, Th is form must be delivered entire to the Bankers of the to after payment of Deposit, the application e retained by them. To `4 „ FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. a Directors of the Imperial Financial Company (Limited). Ge ntlemen, having paid to your bankers the sum of :74 ht , being a deposit of £1 per share on shares rhea above Company, I hereby request that you will allot number ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any number that ma allotted to me, subject to the deagulations of the Company, and also to pay the further 1'1 8 13 2 84 of XI per share on allotment ; and I hereby autho to: You to enter my name on the register of shareholders 4 the shares so allotted, Name in full Residence Profession or business .... Date VIE IMPERIAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, t ilrthr (Limited).— NOTICE is HEREB Y GIVEN that no Ceiv Applications for Shares in this Company will re ci Latter WEDNESDAY next, the 2d of March, at Three P.M — By order, T er , ARTHUR C. BLUNT , Secretary (pro tem.) P t ral7 Offices, 21, Finch-lane, 27th Feb., 1864. AtTHE. BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. OLLARD , s PERFUMED SULPHUR and „SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, tro t , ,BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free the , ic liskTreeable odourinfallible means of preserving tek ed 4 and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual ta rn, Y T , I II curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tfhine -",. lETIIIy patronised and recommended by the most &No,. 11, physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from soh , ito , ac3ordlng to the degree of sulphur they contain, Bold the det, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London, o_e apvi d ic a a t ti a o l n chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent IZ E MEDAL -INTERNATIONAL Flo EXHIBITION, 1862. -4 ANCIS TUCKER .t CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., To the Qunen and the Piince of Wales. (Established 17:?0.) Th e te sti unrors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, T in 1862. lies to he exc , 3llence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' - " arl uiacture. ft, distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis eter and Co., on the WAX CANDLES subjcct with of PLATTED. WICKS, says : Whichav found them canq tn the recommendation rue You gave them, and sincerely, in my turn, corn vi Ad them to the clergy for the use of the altar." orlipt quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. rs. 2d. per lb. loary quality .. 75. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. gest quality .. • • • • sd. per lb. TZ3nd quality is. 3d. per lb. ird quality .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage pa.d in • London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8 , South Molton-street. Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manttia4ture of Wax Ganclle4 for the use of the Altar. i N°. 22,364. NOTICE. THE NEW NOVEL "DR. JACOB," by the Author of " John and I," is now ready at all the Librazies, in 3 vols. _ . _ Also, now ready, in 3 vols., WILDF IRE. By WALT ER TEIORNBURY. I - lurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MEADOWLEIGH, the New Story, by the Author of " The Ladies of Bever Hollow," May now be had at all Libraries. From the Spectator.—" This story of country life possesses very remarkable merit... The story of the valetudinarian Vindex is deliciously told." Richard Bentley, Ne - v Burlington-street. NOTICE —SIR VICTOR'S CHOICE, the New Novel, in 3 vols., will be ready on WEDNESDAY NEXT at all Libraries. London : John Maxwell and Co,. 122, Fleet-street. This day, Never before Printed, price 25., ornamental boards, THE BUCCANEER CHIEF. A Tale of the Spanish Main. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. London : Ward and Lack, 15S, Fleet-street. This day published, price 25., ornamental boo - ir ;„ TRAPPERS OF A ANI AS. By GUSTAVE London : Ward and T ..,ock, 158, Fleet-street. This dav Never before Psblished, price 25., "A L L A T S E A;" Or, Recollections of a Half-pay Officer. By Lieut.-Col. H. It. ADDISON. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Now ready, in Two Vole., Bvo., price 325., F ORTY YEARS IN AMERICA, By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS. M.D. "No one in America has had wider or better opportunities for observing the Life,Progress, and Disruption of the Nation than Dr. Nichols has enjoyed for nearly half a century." London John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-Street. T H 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. _ THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Cantata KING CHRISTMAS, and other Musical Enter tainments, supported by the following talented artistes : Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell, W almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. NOTICE.—In a few days will be produced FAU 4T, by M. Guonod, embracing the entire company of this establishment with augmented band and chorus. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Macbgran, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G.. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Powar (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &c. _ _ Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balmy, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—krea, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- LAST WEEK cf FRANCONI'S TROUPE. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. LAST SIX NIGHTS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE. ROYAL ALHAMBR A.- ENTIRE CIIANGE on MONDAY, March 7th The Greatest Attractions ever produced in London. ,IADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL 171 GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW A DDITION.—A full-lenzth Model of JEFFERSON DAVIS, l'resident of the Confederate States; also, a full length Model of PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance ➢fusic, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission le. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, &o. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). BUSINESSES. - MR. ANDREW HIND'S JANUARY LIST, Containing 5O) Businesses,ratis Pemises, Partnerships, &c., Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free. Offices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. TIOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri vate Houses adjoining, producing LH per annum. Ground rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following* : Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas ; ditto, £5OO and £RSO; Camden town, two, £1,20 ; Holloway, two, £570 ; Homerton, six, £135 each, ,tc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. FARM WANTED to rent, from 50 to 200 acres, with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings. Particulars to be sent to A. H., 15, Gedliman-street, Doctors'. commons, London. Family Residence and Land. MR. ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfort able ROUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a Edition, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling. coach house, green house, ornamental water, au d bridge. Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at ihe Auction and Estate Agency uffices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hill, containing nine bed and reception rooms, with usual office, large pleasure and kitchen gardens, &c. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house, furnished, and the following : —Lewisham, rent LBO ; Harrow, £BO, Acc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul.. THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, 1864. VITHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear FellOW, aentreinen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i , Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Av,ents in the principal towns In England ; or wholesale at ESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LL LET or SELL an ex ;ellent Detached HOUSE at Hackney, containing 16 rorms, basement,' &c. The neigh bourhood is pleasant and healthy ; soil krravel. Rent, £9O. Price, freehold, £1,600. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. 8, GREAT WIMEMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those mad by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy purchasers. "In mcdio tutisimus ibis." ELSTO[I'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS IRELAND. -Mr, ANDRE W HIND has for SALE the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small RESIDENCE and '7B Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly situate near the City of Cork, and commanding beautiful views of the harbour and surrounding' country. Good shoot ing and fishing. Term of lease, 91 years ; ground rent, Z 72. Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. pnd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations rree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. ?Gs! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 14 cwt. barley or anv meal. Delivered free in Lou don. Established 1858.— THOMAS rEA.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. NOTH ING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGIJA. AMAREL LA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C O., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvel l o us fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at whir t age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once resto red one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted John Go respecta snell bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. pR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre ,ared without any mercurial ingredient, trom the recipe of Dr. -eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Zre.. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient meicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe Ate, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes,le. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2a. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp, Naval and MilitaiyintAligdficie; THE NAVY. Admiral of the Blue Sir G. B. Lambert, K.C.8., will to-day haul down his flag on board the Von tuidable, 84, as Naval Commander-in-Chief at the Nbre, and of all vessels at Chatham, and will be succeeded by Vice-Admiral bit' Charles Talbot, K.C.8., who will hoist his flag , (red at the fore) on board the Formidable to-morrow. The screw steam gunvessel Torch, Commander Frederick IL Smith, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. She left Sierra Leone on the 23d of January, when the only ship of war in the river was the screw steam corvette Rattlesnake, 21, Com mander Thomas A. De Wahl, flag of Commodore Arthur P. E. Wilmot, C.B. The Torch will pro bably go to Sheerness The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty—Capt. C. L. Waddilove, to the Adventure, her complement having been altered, vice Commander Curme, promoted; Commander W. E. Gordon and Lieut. Day IL Bosanquet to the Ranger ; Lieut. Edward Pilkington to the Excel lent ; Lieut. John Eliot to the Duke of Wellington ; Wm. Morgan, paymaster, to be secretary to Vice. Admiral Sir Chas. Talbot; Geo. P. Martin, pay master, additional, to the Pembroke; Edwd. Hin vest, second master, to the Medina; Wm. Horn, second master, to the Ranger; Dr. James Martin, assist.-surg. to the St. Vincent, for the Seaiark ; Walter P. S. Purcell, assistesurg. to Greenwich Hospital; Edward T. PipolAir aiidshipman, to the 'Aurora ; john — S. Lueirraft, midshipman, to the Princess Royal ; Frederick C. L. Neville, master's assist., to the Ranger; Brownlow E. Maitland, nominated to a naval cadetship ; T. Burnet, engineer, to the Ranger; C. E. Uffindell and T. J. Walters, assist, engineers, to the Ranger; Thos. Crossman, assist. engineer, to the Cumberland, to be lent to the Castor for the Handy; and Matthew Wellington, clerk in the Formidable, to be Secretary's clerk. Staff-Commander William Hemsley has been re moved to the list of retired commanders. The Shakspere Jubilee Under Garrick. 6 - , .ri. ° : ;; :-...----- ,, - "----":"-------' . , \\‘-• 4, ~, 'lii-.......... : ~.t , .,......,_, ~, , 6 y am kolet ; -. ..4i Ac: 3 / 4 . - 4, . . 4. ~..‘ 41.. ~ . % VI •. . , .; ... .... - 4 4. . 4* n i , • '..... . •', l . 4 C 4 i l k . ; " 4 • . : 7J- 7 ; ' ''''''''' (111 - , „ . ,00,7*1t 4 - + ‘ . l l' t , : •- •vaDlFikvidii , 'l llF. ,• ' ,4.....:,, , „ ,, ..i , r • ~ . ••'i ' D C ‘,.. -i - ''VP , ,-, --• "Inorr• • iN:::.,-- - , c -' 4 "- ‘. " t4r The Shakspere Jubilee (for the three most notable com memorations hitherto held are rather conveniently distin guishable by the three names, "jubilee," " gala," and " foctital," usually applied to them) was held in 1769. I t had no conneetion With the day or the centenary of Shak spere's birth or death, brit arose wholly out of local circum stances at the time. The corporation of Stratford-upon- Avon having built a new town-hall in 1768, a particular niche in the facade seemed to be in want of a statue to fill it up; and it was suggested that a bust or statue of William Shakspere, whose birth had shed so great a lustre over that town, would be particularly suitable for that purpose. George Alexander Steovens, the commentator on Shakspere, was the medium fer communicating this idea to David Garrick, then in the zenith of his power. Garrick had a number of small enemies (per haps only small), who accused him of vanity and a love of personal adulation; but it was at anyrate a good quarter to apply to for this particular purpose. A correspondence arose, in which Garrick so highly pleased the corporation, that they sent him the freedom of the borough, enclosed in a box made from the wood of Shakspere's celebrated mulberry tree, and requested Garrick's picture in return. These com pliments set the brain of the actor at work. He either sug gested or cordially supported a project for some kind of gala or jubilee in honour of Shakspere, to be held at Stratford. His detractors afterwards said that he did this with a view to his own benefit, in connection with an intended reproduc tion of the pageant at Drury-lane Theatre, of which he was manager. Such a motive had possibly something to do with the matter; but the great actor was unquestionably influ enced also by a genuine wish to do honour to the still greater bard. The project, by whomsoever suggested, was favour ably received at Stratford and elsewhere; and subscriptions from various quarters enabled a managing committee to de velop the detailed plan of a jubilee for the autumn of 1769, A large octagonal amphitheatre, somewhat resembling the then celebrated Rotunda at Ranelagh, was erected on the Bancroft, a meadow on the banks of the beautiful river Avon; it was fitted to accommodate one thousand persons ; and it was made ornate, with a colonnade, a raised orchestra, a dome, a chandelier of eight hundred lights, and gilding, and painting, and drapery. On the margin of the river were ranged sixteen 32-pounders, sixteen cannon of smaller cali bre, twelve cohorns, and some mortars. Two waggon-loads of fireworks and illumination-lamps were sent down from London. A ribbon, to be afterwards made into favours, was devised by the Coventry weavers, with rainbow hues, in tended to typify the many-coloured hues of Shakspere's genius; and a medal was stamped at Birmingham, to be struck in gold, silver, and copper, according to the means of the tastes of the purchasers. The medal had a bas-relief of Shakspere on one side, with the words from his own Hamlet; "We shall not look upon his like again." David Garrick and his brother George were amazingly busy in superintending the preparations ; for David was appointed steward, and he certainly did not comport himself in many ways as if it were his jubilee. At 5 o'clock on the morning of the 6th of September, 1769, the guests with which the town of Stratford-on-Avon was crammed were awakened from their slumbers by the firing of cannon, and soon afterwards the principal ladies were serenaded by a number of young men fantastically dressed. who sang two songs written for the occasion by Garrick, accompanied by haut-boys, flutes, clarionets, guitars, and other instruments. After this auspicious commencement, the corporation and a large number of visitors breakfasted together at the new town-hall, or Shakspere's-hall, as it was also termed. The mayor and the town clerk, on this occasion, presented to Garrick the insignia of his office as steward, comprising a medal and a wand made from the famous mulberry tree. The breakfast was a:very gay affair ; jubilee ribbons and jubilee medals were almost universally worn, while dukes and earls, lords and ladies, were present in considerable number. The company then proceeded to the church, where, at 11 o'clock, commenced Arne's ora torio of " Judith," performed by singers and instrumen talists from London. This done, the steward, the singers, the instrumentalists, the corporation, and the guests went from the church to the new amphitheatre. As they passed the house in which shakspere was born, some verses were sung in honour of the bard; verses, it must be admitted— for two of the lines ran thus : Here nature nurs'd her darling boy, From whom all care and sorrow fly I —which the bard-himself would not greatly have admired. At three o'clock, a banquet was held in the amphitheatre, enlivened by " new songs, catches, and glees adapted to the purpose of the jubilee.' In the evening, there was a grand ball in the amphitheatre, and very gay illuminations and fireworks for the people. All went off well on the first day. Not so on the second, when the clouds took the matter into their own hands. There was to have been a pageant from the town-hall to the amphitheatre, consisting of about 170 actors and actresses from the London and provincial theatres, dressed to repre sent an equal number of characters in Shakspere's plays, with a large and highly-ornamented triumphal car ; "in which," as Wheeler in his "History of Stratford-on-Avon tells us, "two persons, repreeentingMelpomene and Thalia, with the Graces, were to be drawn by sia persons habited like Satyrs, with attendants carrying emblematical devices and insignia, and accompanied by the whole baud of vocal and instrumental music, to perform a serenade at Shak• spera's statue, and crown it with a wreath of laurel." But as the rain peppered down Lriskly, Melpomene, Thalia. the Graces, and the Satyrs took off their fanny dresses, and the procession was abandoned. Other amusements were, how• ever, abundant, After a renewal of cannon-firing, bell ringing, lady-serenading, and public-breakfasting, the com pany went to the amphitheatre to hear a dedication ode. In the centre of the orchestra, with his steward's wand of mul berry wood in his hand, a medallion suspended from his breast, and a richly embroidered suit of brown, sat David Garrick ; on a higher level was a statue of Shakspere, which Garrick had caused to be cast, to occupy eventually the vacant niche in front of the town-hall ; and by the side of the statue was Dr. Arne, as conductor of the orchestra. After a preliminary overture, Garrick rose and recited the ode written by himself. It was a sort of cantata, with airs and choruses between the recited portions—all, of course, in honour of Shakspere. One of the included airs (" Thou soft-flowing Avon") afterwards became ♦ery popular. The crowning of the statue was dispensed with, because Melpo mene and Thalia had been disappointed by the wet. A strange episode, or what theatrical folks would call a " gag," was presented on this occasion. After the ode Garrick stood up and delivered a prose encomium on Shaks- pere, in which he challenged any one to urge anything against the immortal bard. Whereupon Mr. King, a cele brated comedian of those days, came forward in a great-coat, and requested to be heard. Permission being granted King went into the orchestra, took off his greatcoat, and appeared in a suit of blue and silver. He attacked Shakspere's character and fume, and censured him, ironically, as a very ill-bred fellow, for domineering over our own passions, and making people laugh and cry as he thought proper, When King had finished, Garrick rose and addressed the ladies in a rhymed epilogue, complimenting them on the regard they had always shown to Shakspere, and exhorting them to support the reputation of a poet who was so remarkable for upholding the dignity of the female character. This theatrical trick, whether planned originally by Garrick or by King, was certainly not up to the level of the occasion ; but possibly it was an after thought, to fill up a programme otherwise interfered with by the rain.--Chambers' Journal, .Neu and lmpiased Series. THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT KAGOSIMA. by the British bombardment is estimated at Z 1,000,000, and 1,500 persons were killed. A capital conviction has taken place at Carrick on-Shannon before Mr. Justice Christian. Edward Stamford was found guilty of the murder of Michael M'Dermott, on the return of the latter from the fair of Mohill, at 10 o'clock at night. The deceased and one Reilly, after having had some drink, lighted their pipes and went their way, and while the rain was beating in their faces a tall man struck Reilly down. When he recovered he saw M'Dermott lying as if dead, and the tall man stoop ing over him apparently robbing him. The evidence of identification of the prisoner was entirely circumstantial. It was proved ho was seen in company with the deceased ; a stick was found, a tobacco box, a watch and other articles, and some half-crowns; and although the pockets of the deceased were turned inside out, murder went away unre• warded in its chief and ungodly aim—the £8 in notes which the unfortunate M'Dermott had received at the fair for a heifer was found safe in his left inside vest pocket. No witnesses were examined for the defence, and the jury in half an hour found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced for execution on the 24th of next March. PRIVATE INQUIRIES THROUGH THE POLICE.— Lieutenant-General Cartwright, her Majesty's In spector of Constabulary for the midland districts of England and for North Wales, notices in his report for the past year made to the Secretary of State that in the course of his in spection he discovered it to bo a common practice in many counties for individuals and companies to communicate with the police, seeking private information as to the character, respectability, and means of persons residing on their dis tricts, and offering remuneration for the service. Lieutenant General Cartwright regards it as a most dangerous trans gression of police duty, quite foreign to the purposes for which the force was eat iblished, and seri( usly imperilling its popularity and efficiency. He reports that in his circuit of inspection wherever he mentioned the practice to any of those in command of forces it met with their immediate re probation, and this may check the system; but he consi dered the subject of such vital importance to the force that he thcught it his duty to bring it under the consideration of the Secretary of State, and to express his opinion that the practice must be at once and completely suppressed. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. The Western Bank. The Court of Session, in a case lately argued before the whole court, has, by a majority of the judges, decided against the liquidator of the Wes tern Bank in an action which sought to make a body of trustees personally liable for the calls made upon the partners in addition to the loss of the paid up capital. The bank stopped payment in 1857, and it was found that not only had the whole capital been lost, but heavy calls must be made upon the shareholders to pay the creditors and depositors of the fink, who, by means of these calls, have been paid in full, These calls a great number of the ' shareholders were quite unable to pay, and compo sitions were effected with those able to pay only a part. A portion of these superadvances has been returned to those who paid in full, and in order to increase that return, the only remaining liquidator (Mr. Lumsden) is still engaged iniseveral litigations with parties who have resisted his claims on them. In the present case Mr. Walter Buchanan, M.P,, and other five gentlemen were registered as holding 60 shares as trustees for Mrs. Ellen Browne. These gentlemen had accepted the trust under the mar riage contract of Mr. C. W. Browne and Miss Ellen Buchan in October, 1845, and within a month after their appointment they invested the whole trust funds, about 14,000 or £5,000, in Western Bank shares. The defenders pleaded that they were not liable beyond the amount of the trust estate for pay went of the liquidator's calls, and the Lord Ordinary (Kinloch) found in their favour. The interlocutor was rfclaimed to the First Division, who ordered written argument, and laid the question of the trus tees' personal liability before the whole court. Eight out of 12 judges, including Lord Kinloch, were of opinion that the defenders were not person ally responsible. The minority of the judges held that the defenders were liable, with the exception of one of their number, who was not present when the trustees resolved to purchase the shares, and who did not sign the deed of transfer. Lord Kin loch's decision is therefore adhered to by the court. Long opinions have been given by the judges in the case, On Friday the court, proceeding on a mi nute of abandonment by the liquidator, dismissed the action, at his instance, against Messrs. William and James Baird, directors of the bank, who had not joined in the composition offered by their brother directors. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) WAR•orrrcE—Mr H. F. Gladwin has been appointed a clerk in the Adjutant•General's-office—Mr W. Darling a civil assistant in the Survey Department—and the Rev. M. C. O'Dell, chaplain of the 4th class, to be chaplain of the 3d class. PATENT-OFFICE —Mr J. T. Scott has been appointed assistant to the curator in the Museum, London—Mr J. Gibson an attendant in the British Museum—and Mr M. Murray a clerk in the Post-office at Kingstown. CUSTOMS—Mr D. Hammond and Mr A. Lowe have been appointed extra clerks, London—Mr C. T. Pickford and Mr C. G. Sanderson, assistant surveyors, Ist class, have been promoted to be surveyors, 2d class—Mr J. Donnan, Mr H. Lambert, and Mr J. W. Douglas, from the second to the Ist class of assistant surveyors—Mr J. Britton and Mr N. Wingfield from the Ist class of examining officers to the 2d class of assistant surveyors—and Mr F. Wearne and Mr T. Bowden from the 2d to the Ist class—Mr R. Henderson and Mr J. M'Culloch from the 3d to the 2d class—and Mr W. R. Ryan and Mr R. Robinson from the 4th to the 3d class of examining officers, London. INLAND REVENUE (Stamps and Tax Bra,:ch)—Mr A. Stair has been appointed to be junior clerk in the chief accountant's office, and Mr E. J. P. Kightley a junior stamper in the stamping department. (Excise Branch) — Mr W. Aitken, officer, Paisley, sth division, Ayr collection, has been appointed examiner—and Mr 11. S. Barfoot, 2d class assistant, Bristol collection, to be Ist class assistant, Ware, 10th division. SCOTLAND—Mr Aneas Macbean, writer to the signet, has been appointed one of the clerks of the Court of Justi . ciary, in Harper a fishery officer under the Board. THE EAST INDIES —Mr J. N. Bullen has been op. pointed to be an additional member of the Council o the Governor-General, for the purpose of making laws and regulations only--Mr T. H. Cowie to be a member of the Council of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, for making laws and regulations—Surgeon C. Hatha way, of the Bengal medical service, to be private secretary to the Viceroy—Captain E. Impey, Bengal Staff Corps, to officiate as military secretary and aide-de camp to the Viceroy—Lieut-Col. C. Herbert to be superin tendent of political pensions—Major \V. Agnew to officiate as Governor-General's agent, North-East frontier—Mr S. H. C. Taylor to be a magistrate and collector of Bograh— Mr F. J. Cockburn to be magistrate and collector of Sylhet —Mr F. B. Simson to officiate as civil and sessions judge of Jessore—Mr F. J. Alexander to officiate as magistrate and collector of Bhaugulpore—Mr J. A. Floyd to be assistant superintendent of police of the first grade in Gowalparrah; Mr T. H. M'Laughlin to be assistant to the magistrate and collector of Sarun, and to exercise the powers of a subordi nate magistrate of the second class—Mr M. L. Ferrar to be assistant to the magistrate and collector of Rajshahye, and to exercise the powers of a subordinate magistrate of the second class—Mr P. P. Hutchins to be head assistant to the collector and magistrate of South Arcot, and to act as sub-collector and joint magistrate of Madras district—Mr B. Horsburgh to be assistant to the magistrate and collec tor of Vizagapatam—Mr R. W. Lodwick, officiating deputy auditor and accountant-general, Madras, to be civil pay master, Madras—and Mr E. F. Harrison, officiating deputy auditor and accountant-general, Benga% to be civil pay master, Bombay. THE ASSAULT BY A CLERGYMAN AT LOWES TOFT,—At the Lowestoft Pclice-court, last week, the Rev. Henry Jodrell, of Gisleham, in the county of Suffolk, was charged with having unlawfully assaulted and beaten Geo. H. Cherry, an officer of her Majesty's Indian army, on the sth of February instant. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, and said he was quite content to submit to anything the magistrates might think proper to inflict. The bench ordered him to pay a fine of £5, or two months' im prisonment. ORIGIN OF " YELLOWPLUSEI" AND " JEAMES."— It is in the number [of Frazer] for the month and year referred to (Nov., 1837) that we first find him contri buting a paper which is not reprinted in his " Miscellanies," and which is interesting as explaining the origin of that assumed character of a footman in which the author of the "Yellowplush Papers" and " Jeames's Diary" afterwards took delight. A little volume had been published in 1837, entitled "My Book ; or, the Anatomy of Conduct, by John Henry Skelton." The writer of this absurd book had been a woollen-draper in the neighbourhood of Regent street. He had become possessed of the fixed idea that he was destined to become the instructer of mankind in the true art of etiquette. Ho gave parties to the best company whom he could induce to eat his dinners and assemble at his conversaziones, where his amiable delusion was the frequent subject of the jokes of his friends. Skelton, however, felt them little. He spent what fortune he had, and brought himself to a position in which his fashionable acquaintances no longer troubled him with their attentions ; but he did not cease to be in his own estimation a model of deportment, He husbanded his small resources, limiting himself to an humble dinner daily at a coffeehouse in the neighbourhood of his old home, where his perfectly fitting dress•coat— for in this article he was still enabled to shine—his brown wig and dyed whiskers, his ample white cravat of the style of the Prince Regent's days, and his well-polished boots were long destined to raise the character of the house on which he bestowed his patronage. In the days of his prosperity Skelton was understood among his acquaintances to be en gaged on a work which should hand down to posterity the true code of etiquette—that body of the unwritten law which regulated the society of the time of his favourite monarch. In the enforced retirement of his less prosperous days, the woollen-draper's literary design had to develop itself; and, in the year 1837, "My Book; or, the Anatomy of Conduct, by John Henry Skelton," was finally given to the world. It was this little volume which fell in the way of Thackeray, who undertook to review it for " Frai•er's Magazine." In order to do full justice to the work, nothing seemed more proper than to present the re viewer in the assumed character of a fashionable footman. The review, therefore, took the form of a letter from Charles Yellowplush, Esq., containing "Fashionable fax and polite Annygoats," dated from "No. Grosvenor - sq uare. (N. 13. Hairy Bell)," and addressed to Oliver Yorke, the well-known pseudonym of the editor of "Frase r. " To this accident may be attributed th ose ex traordinary efforts of cacography which had their germ in the Cambridge " Snob," but which attained their full development in the Miscel lanies, the Ballads, the Snob papers, and other short works, `and also in some p or ti ons o f the latest of the author ' s novels.—Theodore Taylor's Memorial of Thackeray. PER PAIR. SHAKSPERE SCHOOL OF THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES. TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College have formed a Shakspere Tercentenary Committee for the purpose of in viting public support in aid of the EREC PION and E NDOW MENT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education of the Children of Actors and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the Poet. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adelphi Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be given. Noblemen and gentlemen desirous of becoming mem bers of the committee or subscribers are requested to com municate with the undersigned. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. New Theatre Royal Adelphi, Feb. 27, 18t4. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders pay able, at Carabek, _ well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. THE CAPTURE OF THE SAXON. Among the many cases of seizure or detention of British vessels by Federal cruisers, on suspicion of being engaged in the contraband trade to the ports of the Southern Confederacy, the capture of the Saxon has excited an unusual degree of feeling, in consequence of the murder of the mate of that ship by one of the American officers. The correspond ence relating to this case has, therefore, been pub lished separately and laid before Parliament. It extends from the 22d of December last to the 25th of February, and from the official letters and depo sitions of witnesses a full account of a very melan choly incident of the blockade may be collected. The Saxon was a colonial vessel, owned by Messrs. Anderson and Co., of Cape Town. She had been employed in conveying cattle from the West Coast of Africa to Ascension, and on the 30th of October was at Angra Pequina taking in a cargo of wool. Oa that day the Federal war steamer Van derbilt arrived at Pequina, and immediately sent a boat's crew on board the Saxon and took possession of her, alleging that the wool she was shipping had been previously part of the freight of the Tusca loosa, one of the prizes made by the Southern cruiser, the Alabama. The crew of the Saxon were forwarded to Cape Town, and the vessel itself sent to New York. It appears from the deposition of the master of the Saxon, Captain Sheppard, that he had finished loading his cargo of skins and wool on the 30th of October, and was getting ready to put to sea when the Vanderbilt rounded Angra Point, and having anchored off Penguin Island sent an armed boat's crew and two officers on board the Saxon. The master, after a few questions had been asked him, was ordered, to produce his papers, which with some reluctance he gave up. The officer said he must take the papers to Captain Baldwin, the Commander of the Vanderbilt, and would leave orders for a signal to be made to the steamer in case the Saxon should attempt to put to sea. Cap tain Sheppard told him that " papers or no papers," he would sail and carry with him any one left on board. The officer replied " he had better try it, the steamer could go faster than he could." No attempt of the kind was made, and at the moment the Van derbilt's boat pushed off a second boat from the steamer was approaching the Saxon, with another officer and crew. They boarded the vessel, stationed armed men all round her, and drove the Saxon's crew below. Some altercation took place between Capt. Sheppard and the officer in charge, terminat ing in a threat to shoot the master of the Saxon it he did not go down quietly. He was finally taken below, and a sentry placed over him. In about 10 minutes afterwards he heard the report of a pistol , and rushing on deck again saw the mate, James Gray, lying dead. He raised the body in his arms, and asked the officer in charge why he had shot the man ? He replied, " Poor fellow, lam sorry for him, but I must obey orders." Other witnesses state that the officer said," He must," not " I must." On this point the evidence is conflicting. The name of the officer is also differently given in depositions, as Donoghoe and Doneghan. After the fatal occur• rence the Saxon was anchored abreast of Penguin Island, and Capt. Baldwin, of the Vanderbilt, in formed the master that his papers were not satisfac tory ; he was sure that his cargo had been landed by the Confederates and was American property. He therefore made a prize of the Saxon, put a crew on board her, and sent her to New York. The deposition of Horace Cerro w, a sailor, who saw the shot fired, will be repeated viva voce at the trial of the case in Boston, the witness having been despatched to America to give his evidence. He states that when the mate, Gray heard that his master had been ordered below, he went aft to speak to him. As Gray was going up a short ladder of three steps, leading from the deck to the poop, the officer, Doneghan, was standing on the poop, above him, and ordered him to " go down." Gray looked up, as if not understanding what was meant, and the order was repeated, " Go down, or I'll shoot yon." But, the witness states, "he didn't give the mate time to go down or do anything; he spoke so quick it was all done in a moment; there was no attempt to resist or go on; there wasn't time. He pnt,his left hand on Gray and pushed him. Mr. Gray fell back, wheeling round to save himself as he fell ; and, turning his face towards Doneghan, who lifted his revolver and shot him, and the poor man fell back dead, and never moved an eye. The bullet had entered above, and a little behind, the left ear, and went down ward; he lay right ou his back." The rest of the deposition does not bear directly on the death of Gray, but Earl Russell, in transmitting it to Lord Lyons, observes that Carrew's statement, " in the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, has on the face of it evident signs of truthfulness, and thows more light on this unhappy transaction than any of the statements previously in the possession of her Majesty's Government." Lord Lyons has been in structed to express to the Government of the United States the opinion of her Majesty's Government, " that, if the facts deposed to are true, the officer who killed the mate of the Saxon has been guilty of wilful murder, and should be brought to trial without delay." Lord Lyons has been further in structed to apply to the Federal Government for a pecuniary compensation to the widow of Mr. Gray, and to express the confidence of her Majesty's Government that full compensation will also be made for the loss the owners have sustained by the seizure of the vessel. THE ARMY. The detachment of the Enniskillen Dragoons, which has remained at Aldershot since the court martial on Col, Crawley, is expected to leave the camp on or about the sth proximo for Bombay, The detachment, which is under the command of Captain F. S. A. Curtis and Lieutenant Wallace, numbers 12 sergeants, 9 corporals, and 76 privates ; total of all ranks, 99. The ship Sir Jamsetjee Family, now in the London Docks, will convey the detachment to India. The Prince and his Foxhunting. The account of the recent run with Mr. Garth's hounds has suggested to us a means by which fox hunting may be brought to the royal doors, There is a pack of hounds which belong exclusively to royalty—we mean the staghounds at Ascot-heath. there they are, kennels and all, at one end of Mr. Garth's country. It certainly has occurred to us upon various occasions that the staghounds might be put into the hands of the Prince, as perpetual Master. Of course, the patronage would have ceased ; but we think the Crown might have afforded it. However, the stag is not to his taste. We are not much surprised at that, although there are cer tain countries where it is a fine substitute for the fox ; and with such a pack as her Majesty's, and such a selection of deer, he must be a grumbler who would not be satisfied. But foxhunting is the na tional sport of Englishmen, and the Prince evidently prefers it. We would propose, therefore, to turn the staghounds into foxhounds, and request the Prince of Wales to become the Master. But there are objections; and we do not know whether they could not be got over, supposing the Prince himself should assent to the proposal. First of all, there they are, staghounds ; an3= as such they have always existed. " Long may they exist !" say some, " with other grand and ancient ordinances." Be fore we say Amen to this, we should ask of what use are the staghounds at Ascot, and to what good purpose are they kept as an appearance of Royalty P There was a time when things were different ; bat it is no libel to say that at the present time they are chiefly of service to London dealers, a pretender or two to sport, and certain ladies whose distin guishing trait is reckless horsemanship. As to keep ing these hounds up, as any part of a Royal equip ment, or with even a retrospect of their former utility, the very notion is absurd in the extreme. The next feature in the opposition scale is appa rently a heavy one—Davis. What is to be done about the very best servant and finest horseman that ever lived—a man in - his own position quite unequalled, and so remarkably beyond par that if anything were to happen to him there would be more difficulty in filling his place than in finding a Chancellor of the Exchequer ? Could any man alive contemplate an act of injustice, or even lain, to the servant of four Sovereigns—faithful, efficient, and invaluable to each of them ? Certainly not. But Charles Davis has reached a time of life when he might prefer to hunt for pleasure, or even to serve his Prince in a new capacity as Huntsman of Foxhounds. It would not be too much to offer Mr. Davis, for the remainder of his allotted span, his salary as a retiring pension , and the cottage which he had so long adorned. Nor must it be forgotten that Davis, in his green old age, is in many respects more valuable than before, His experience, his knowledge of hounds and country, and his inesti mable qualities as a kennel huntsman, would render him a most valuable assistant to the Prince. What ever might be done, we feel satisfied that Davis would suffer neither in feeli n g nor pocket. And what country would the Prince take ? We do not know what arrangement could be made. If we had our own way, of course We should suggest a small Leicestershire round Windsor Castle; but we cannot do that, and the Prince would put up with the country i n to which the ac cident of birth and position'had brought him. But would Mr. Garth be induced to part with a certain portion of his ? Because, if not, we are much averse to that moral influence in the matter of fox-hunting which the wishes of a prince necessarily exercise. The fact is that Mr. Garth's country is a very large one—more than he can manage to do justice to, we think, extending from Windso r Park to beyond Farnborough, and as broad as it is long the other way. Hence come the evils of late drawing in short days, which must be undertaken as a matter of duty rather than pleasure. Such are one or two of the principal difficulties which at first sight present themselves to us. Of course, more would follow, and the opponents of the scheme would raise any num. ber. However that might be we see great advan tages to arise from some such institutions; and if the Prince himself could entertain the notion, we feel satisfied that every obstacle wou ld melt like snow before the sun. Under no other circumstances could his Royal Highness become a master of hounds ; but we can scarcely conceive a more fit ting termination to an establishment which has long ceased to be what it originally was, and is now kept together by the prestige of a very remarkable public servant, or for a piece of patronage which cannot be of great value to the Minister of the day. —Field. ART MANUFACTURE.—" We have selected for engraving three of the watch cases, of which a large variety is exhi bited by Mr. Benson, of Ludgate-hill, in the large and pro minent erection that contains his mmister clock. To this department of art manufacture Mr. Benson has paid especial attention."—Art Journal, Aug., 1862. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch, adapted to all cli mates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watches, free by post for two stamps, contains a short history of watch making, with prices, from 3to 200 guiteas each. It acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those who live in any part of the world to select a witch, and have it sent safe by post. Prize medal and honourable mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock maker, by special war , rant of appointment, toU.R.U. the Prince of Wale's. ON CHLORATE OF FOTASSA AND ITS USE IN OXYDISING THE BLOOD. 1111. J. P. SARGEANT, M.R.C.S., and L.S.A. (1836', will shortly repeat his Lecture on this subject at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, and will satisfactorily prove that Chlorate of Potassa, (as prepared by passing chlorine through a mixture of quick-lime and eater, and subsequently bJiling, a long time with Chloride of Potassium) is a most active remedy for oxydising the blood, and restoring vitality to the low, vitiated state of the nervous system, and is there fore calculated to supersede the use of iron, mercury, quinine, and sarsar arilla. 56, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London. . s -1(`- , THE WAR IN DEN / AlAltePr ~.. _. -,..„ wgix,,, ----4-----„ . : .., ~.., A t,l6-4y),...; (From the Scotsmeo 4 c:;:Ai*V2 $3, ) The following letter, with wliicit'zWeliiii :;,:17 41 : 1 ;4 1 ; favoured, is from a private in t h\c'fitilt'O64 4 l the Danish army, and is addressed histiri SONDERBOR G, Feb. 8, IA4. S You ask me to give you a full account of all I have gone through during the memorable 6th-Bth February; but, to look back, these two days seem as long as two months. I cannot put all I would like to tell you into one letter, but you must at any rate know the following. On Friday evening, at nine o'clock, I lay in the works, along with several others of our company, congratulating myself on being there safe and sound after the sharp fighting we had had. We had got our pipes lighted, and were chatting about the affair at Bustrup, in which you know I took part, when a sergeant came by, shouting, "Into position im • mediately." We were on our legs in a moment, and ten minutes afterwards the regiment stood ready to march. Our company numbered then four officers, ten sergeants, sixteen corporals, and a hundred and eigbty-one privates. Our brave Colonel Bcck rode along before us, and said—" Yes, children, there will be stiff work for us, bat I know I can depend on you. To the left, March!" and off we set. I believed, as did most, that we were on the road to Missunde, but when we left the town behind us, we heard the sad truth from Lieu tenant Riebau. I spare you all the oaths and growls which passed from rank to rank. I was silent, but my imagination pictured a retreat full of horrors; truly my imagination fell short of the reality. How that terrible night between Friday and Saturday passed I know not, as I literally slept, staggering along with my blessed 75 kit, and my elegant thin leather boots (my thick pair had been hors de com bat for several days). The boots pained me be yond expression ; I felt as if walking or,l thorns. I have a dim recollection of being in a house, and get ting a glass of milk frczen over ; of seeing the long spectre-like line of the army in the freezing cold , night, trudge along the slippery road ; of seeing horses and overturned carriages ; but I repeat, I was asleep. For three nights I had not had in all four hours sleep, and the march and my ill-humour put me all out of sorts; so we went on up hill and down hill till eight o'clock next morning, when we made halt at a little village. I went into a house where there was an old woman, and she gave me a cup of delightful coffee or rather chicory ; but never did Gianeld's 12s. coffee taste half so delicious. Add to that a biscuit hard as stone, and a piece of half frozen pork, and you have my meal, which, however, strengthened me exceedingly. An hour afterwards we resumed our march. The road was perfectly full of carriages and guns, and a regiment of dragoons rode past us, keeping in the fields, as the horses stumbled so much ou the frozen road. At 12 o'clock we had again a rest., while company on company marched past us. .... As I made for my company, which was a little outside the town, our sergeant said to me, " Do you hear the Austrians ?" and now I could hear in good earnest the rambling in the distance. " Close in !" cried the sub-officers; whips cracked on the spent horses, and hero and there one fell. " Out with it to the side, and cut it loose, if it cannot rise," and on we went. A whole waggonfull of commissariat monsters, supplied with large cloaks and footstools, had, sad to say, to leave their comfortable seats, and go on foot till they found another conveyance. The thunder of the cannon came nearer and nearer. " Company, attention ! Left face ! March south," and we turned on our own steps. We met now several battalions, and at last the 9th and 11th Regiments. The latter greeted us with " Hurrah for the Bulsviers I" and a soldier with a hoarse bass voice growled, holding up his bayonet, " See that you give them a good allowance of this," and away they went northwards. We were alone. Col. Beck now came forward and said to the men- , -." The General trusts toyouto holdout; if we hold here for two hours we save a whole division. Do not fire till the enemy is on you, and then in with the bayonet." "Depend on us, we'll do our duty." I know yon will, children." We then moved into a field to the left, then in a line over a slight rising ground, and as soon as we had passed the acclivity, there we had the Germans. From the eabt came a regiment of cavalry, and right along the high road another, while a company of horse artillery rode at the gallop into a field a little way off, and boom they went. A shell struck between me and the man at my side, and rose again, ricochetting 20 paces from me. A fearful cry told that it had done its work. After a qnarter of an hour had passed, we were formed into a square, and down came the cavalry, shouting and cheering, with their sabres raised, some of them discharging their pistols—" Stand fast, aim well, lads !" The dragoons broke and fled, leaving many horses and mon behind them. " Fall into line—forward," forward we went— then shells again from the artillery--then into squares to meet another charge of the cavalry, whom we again beat off. So it went on for two hours, our ranks getting fearfully thin. We got breath for a moment, and I heard a voice near me whisper—" Farewell, my Marie ! Farewell, my dear little ones."' The words touched me deeply ; they came from a brave comrade from the neigh- bourhood of Roesbilde, who regularly received a letter every post day, and who as regularly himself wrote loving words to his dear ones at home; I pressed his hand and whispered—" God never deserts the widow and the fatherless." " Thank you," he said, and loaded again. (I know you will be pleased to hear that this brave modest fellow is still alive.) An it got dark, the enemy charged again and again, and, alas! one company got broken; it was a frightful moment, we heard the sabres and bayonets rattling, and wild shouts from either side. Onr square held firm, although we were charged at least twenty times. At last I had not a cartridge left, and had to help myself to those of my fallen comrades. At last the night fell, the snow held off for a little, and we drew slowly back through a wood and through several villages, stopping every moment to take down the most troublesome of the dragoons in our rear. Between eight and nine o'clock, we reached Flensburg, had two hours' rest, and then got on board a steamer, which brought us to Sonderborg. At ten o'clock, twenty of us were quartered on a workman who lives immediately out of the town. Our condition when we reached Flens burg was pitiful. The gallant regiment was now a mere ruin, not more than fifty of our company Were in all to the fore. But, Ged be praised ! already to. masses b ss e day our numbers have swelled , and many dear com rades are again collected round the tattered red rag which we love so well. A colonel came forward while we put ourselves into position, and said, " I thank you, gallant I st Regiment. God bless you!" When we passed other di v i s ions they shouted " Hurrah." Yes, at one pl a ce a standard W was lowered before us. W The enemy must have as they charged on us quite b lin dly, and de ra y well des of their ly a , an dead aid wounded lay on the snow and dyed it suffered fright fully, pr o ud. red ; but the cursed shells and grenades which they threw in on us cost us man brave men. N. N. ---- EXTRAORDINAR Y SUICIDE IN THE THAMES TUNNELL.—This morning, shortly after 8 o'clock, a respectably • d resse d middle - aged man mitered the Tha mes Tunnell, Upon the Wapping side, and, after going a few steps down th e shaft he le a p ed over the bannisters and fel l a corpse at the bottom. He was brought up on th e Wappi ng s ide of the river , and taken u p on a stretc her by three of the Tham es p olice and a man named Wood (wh o is the Thames T unnel ' Com p any's bricklayer, &c.) to a suitable place to await the coroner's inquest. The unfor tunate man is quite unknown at present. CLIFTON SUSPENSION - BRlDGE.—During the past week the fixing of the third of the main chains which form the eastern side of the Clifton Suspcnsion-bridge has been completed, and preparations have been made for shifting the wire ropes on which the temporary platform has rested to the western side of the bridge. The woodw ork has already been removed, and, to preserve a te mporary pathway across the chasm, a smaller platform ha s been con structed, the supports of which are firmly b olted to the lower chain. This platform, which runs a lon g the off side of the chains, will be used tom fixing the suspension rods, &c. The erection of the western wai n chains will, it is ca pected, proceed more qu ickly than the eastern, because many of the arrangements ma de for the one just completed are ready for the other, and the period of the year now ap proaching is more favourable to the progress of such work than that during which the eastern main chains have been erected. Will appear To-morrow, March Ist, price 6A... by po 7d., THE AUTO dRAPI - I IC MIRROR. Contents of No. 2. A Letter of Christian IV. of Denmark, anno 1611; of Sir Philip Sydney, Washington, Nelson, Nesselrode, Metternich, Dumouriez. the Earl of Ellesmere, Coleridze, Mrs. Trollope, the Countess of Derby (Miss Farrell% Charles Kean, Miss Helen lesucit, Charles Mathews; and Sketches, with Auto graphs, of Thackeray and Leech. Temporary Office-110, Strand, W.C. I